On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Chris Servello, a founder of Provision Advisors public relations firm (and Defense and Aerospace team member) and Michael Herson of American Defense International.

Topics:

— Update on raising the nation’s borrowing limit as talks stall

— Analysis of President Biden’s State of the Union address and the flight of a Chinese spy balloon across the United States before it was shot down

— What the balloon episode tells us about what to expect from the administration about defense spending and the future of the relationship between the United States and China

— Roundup of Asia headlines including reaction to Shinzo Abe’s posthumous autobiography

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful address to Britain’s Parliament and his call for combat aircraft and more weapons as Russia ramps up its offensive

— Turkey’s response to the devastating earthquake that’s killed more than 20,000 and left millions homeless

— The exodus of capital from Israel and Bibi Netanyahu seeks to upend the country’s legal system